I just moved to the South and after being down here less than a year I cannot understand how the Civil War lasted as long as it did because these people down here are STUPID!
Things to see and do in the American South?
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We have an interesting Civil War Museum here in New Orleans. Its artifacts were collected shortly after the war. The museum was opened in 1891, and it's collection hasn't changed much since then.
As for everything else New Orleans, the local's guide made available by r/NewOrleans is well worth a read.
As for everything else New Orleans, the local's guide made available by r/NewOrleans is well worth a read.
It's very true that the Northeast has its own race related problems, but that doesn't make the South any better since it gave birth to the Confederacy and to the Ku Klux Klan and its many spin-off organizations.
..the North fought that war with one hand behind its back.
-Shelby foote.
That is a compelling quote by Shelby Foote. And he makes a good case for it too. And this is a Southern historian saying it, The Civil war is obviously a complicated issue, but another reason for the length of the Civil war was because it was a transitional war. It was in many ways the first modern war, certainly the first the US fought, and it took both sides to awhile to realize what kind of war they were fighting.
But I digress, sorry about that.
Corbin, Kentucky is the location of the first Kentucky Fried Chicken. Check it out.
But I digress, sorry about that.
Corbin, Kentucky is the location of the first Kentucky Fried Chicken. Check it out.
You should run them over with your tank, that'll learn them.
This is what I think:
RE: the KKK/Confederacy remark--I guarantee if I were to make the same remark about evil organizations that came out of another country, and say that because of that, that country and everyone who comes from it is stupid and worthless, I'd be castigated, and rightly so, for broadbrushing an entire country (or, depending on the example, be accused of "Godwinning the thread" without any attention being paid to actual content). But because it's the South, it's OK. 
But because it's the South, it's OK.
No, it's not OK, of course. And way to hijack a thread, people. This is supposed to be a thread about suggestions for an itinerary.
I know. I wasn't referring to her.
I was reading the thread, since it was created, hoping to find some interesting suggestions. My knowledge of where to visit is a little outside where the OP seemed to be headed.
I was reading the thread, since it was created, hoping to find some interesting suggestions. My knowledge of where to visit is a little outside where the OP seemed to be headed.
RE: the KKK/Confederacy remark--I guarantee if I were to make the same remark about evil organizations that came out of another country, and say that because of that, that country and everyone who comes from it is stupid and worthless, I'd be castigated, and rightly so, for broadbrushing an entire country (or, depending on the example, be accused of "Godwinning the thread" without any attention being paid to actual content). But because it's the South, it's OK.
I count six posters, including yourself, who either criticized or mocked Ratchet and others for their ignorant comments broadbrushing people from the South. Which is similar to the reaction one would get if they unfairly criticized people elsewhere (unfairly criticizing a population is not a warnable offense in and of itself unless it represents part of a pattern of trolling, so expecting a mod crackdown is unreasonable). Ratchet himself has also been banned (not solely for this, but for duals and trolling in general). So please explain in what way any of this been treated as "okay" because it's about the South.
Everyone needs to return to the topic of the thread which is suggesting tourist destinations in the South for the OP or others to visit. Not criticizing Southerners, rehashing tedious and repetitive arguments about the Civil War, or feeding faux persecution complexes.
Highway 61 from Memphis, through the crossroad where Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul to the devil and on to New Orleans is a nice drive. I suggest blasting Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" and a Robert Johnson album while you do it.
Mammoth Cave is in Kentucky.
I would have suggested it, except the OP already has a cave visit planned, and I haven't been since I was a child, so I can't reliably recommend it.
I would have suggested it, except the OP already has a cave visit planned, and I haven't been since I was a child, so I can't reliably recommend it.
Mammoth Cave is in Kentucky.
I would have suggested it, except the OP already has a cave visit planned, and I haven't been since I was a child, so I can't reliably recommend it.
I realize I was unclear. By "there," I meant somewhere in the south, as opposed to NM.
I also recommend avoiding the "Trail of Tears Highway".... its long, slow speed limit that is rabidly enforced, and theres really not much to look at, just countryside.
other than that, I think the highlights have been hit....
oh, heres one, if you go thru Houston, stop and Sneak in to the Astrodome, you make think its just another stadium, but that building is special, and when your near it or in it, you can feel it....
other than that, I think the highlights have been hit....
oh, heres one, if you go thru Houston, stop and Sneak in to the Astrodome, you make think its just another stadium, but that building is special, and when your near it or in it, you can feel it....
The Astrodome is a landmark, that's why nobody wants to tear it down. Also they're worried about damaging Reliant Stadium and the other nearby development if they try.
It's a Catch-22, really. They can't actually use the Dome because of all the code violations, and they can't tear it down...I've heard talk about turning the stadium into luxury apartments or a movie studio but nothing's come of it.
It's a Catch-22, really. They can't actually use the Dome because of all the code violations, and they can't tear it down...I've heard talk about turning the stadium into luxury apartments or a movie studio but nothing's come of it.
